Startrans Azure Hybrid, Startrans Candidate, Startrans President, Startrans President S2, Startrans Senator, Startrans Senator Hd, model years 2008 to 2014. Filed by Supreme Corporation and reported to NHTSA on 15 January 2016. 1,762 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Supreme Corporation (Supreme) is recalling certain model year 2008-2014 Azure Hybrid, Candidate, Senator, Senator HD, Senator II, President, President S2, Sentinel, and Trolley shuttle buses manufactured May 9, 2008, to August 9, 2014, equipped with certain model S2005, S2010, S5005, S5010, S5505, and S5510 wheelchair …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 16V014 cover?
- Startrans Azure Hybrid, Startrans Candidate, Startrans President, Startrans President S2, Startrans Senator, Startrans Senator HD, Startrans Senator Ii, Startrans Sentinel Bus, model years 2008-2014.
- What is wrong with them?
- Supreme Corporation (Supreme) is recalling certain model year 2008-2014 Azure Hybrid, Candidate, Senator, Senator HD, Senator II, President, President S2, Sentinel, and Trolley shuttle buses manufactured May 9, 2008, to August 9, 2014, equipped with certain model S2005, S2010, S5005, S5010, S5505,...
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the bearings move out of position, the stowed platform may have excessive movement resulting in failure of the platform mounting. This failure could cause the wheel chair lift platform to fall out of the vehicle when the doors are opened, increasing the risk of injury for the lift operator.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Supreme will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the link arms for damage or for displaced bearings. The platform will be inspected for cracks. Any damaged parts will be replaced, free of charge. The recall began on March 14, 2016, 2016.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “If the bearings move out of position, the stowed platform may have excessive movement resulting in failure of the platform mounting. This failure could cause the wheel chair lift platform to fall out of the vehicle when the doors are opened…”
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| Campaign | 16V014 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Supreme Corporation |
| System at fault | Equipment Adaptive/Mobility |
| Reported to NHTSA | 15 January 2016 |
| Model years | 2008-2014 |
| Vehicles named | STARTRANS AZURE HYBRID, STARTRANS CANDIDATE, STARTRANS PRESIDENT, STARTRANS PRESIDENT S2, STARTRANS SENATOR, STARTRANS SENATOR HD, STARTRANS SENATOR II, STARTRANS SENTINEL BUS, STARTRANS TROLLEY |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the bearings move out of position, the stowed platform may have excessive movement resulting in failure of the platform mounting. This failure could cause the wheel chair lift platform to fall out of the vehicle when the doors are opened, increasing the risk of injury for the lift operator.
The remedy
Supreme will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the link arms for damage or for displaced bearings. The platform will be inspected for cracks. Any damaged parts will be replaced, free of charge. The recall began on March 14, 2016, 2016. Owners may contact Supreme customer service at 1-800-642-4889, or Ricon customer service at 1-800-322-2884. Note: These buses and wheelchair lifts were subject to a similar recall in 2014. All vehicles that received that recall remedy are still affected by this recall as well.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 289 notices in the record whose component field names equipment adaptive/mobility. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 36 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Startrans Azure Hybrid recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Startrans Candidate recalls: 5 US campaigns
- Startrans President recalls: 6 US campaigns
- Startrans Senator recalls: 9 US campaigns
- Startrans Senator HD recalls: 6 US campaigns
- Startrans Senator Ii recalls: 9 US campaigns
- Startrans Sentinel Bus recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Startrans Trolley recalls: 6 US campaigns
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CarsMultiverse, recall 16V014, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/16v014/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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